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Lauren Boebert Jumps To Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Defense Over Twitter Ban And It Doesn’t Go Well

Critics pointed out the flaws with the Colorado Republican’s defense of her fellow far-right extremist.
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) drew outrage with her threatening response to Twitter’s ban of fellow far-right extremist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.).

Twitter permanently suspended conspiracy theorist Greene’s personal account over the weekend for repeated violations of the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy.

Boebert hit back, saying Twitter has booted “a sitting US President” and “a sitting member of US Congress.” Then-President Donald Trump was banned in January 2021 for inciting the deadly U.S. Capitol riot.

Greene and Trump are “of course, both from the same party,” Boebert noted.

“They forget that in 2022 we are taking back the House and we WILL be holding them accountable!” she added.

Later, Boebert lashed out after someone in Germany reported the post:

Critics highlighted the hypocrisy of Boebert’s rhetoric:

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